The Straits Times, 7 August 1956

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    14 1 The Straits Times Not*** 1 Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1956. 15 CENTS
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    RUSH TO 'CARRY ARMS
    1249 1 A million men volunteer to defend Suez for Nasser Wives and children ready to go ho 3 SURPRISE FOR WEST AS IRAQ STANDS BY COL. NASSER foly War 9 I threat L Arabs hCVATION PLANS I PORT SAID, Monday. ,j]\\ volunteers for the defence of s
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    Hanoi-Yunnan rail link
    43 1 HONG KONG, Mon. The Communist North Vietnam Radio said today that the Ho Chi Mlnh Government has finished rebuilding the vital rail line linking Hanoi with Red China's Yunnan Provincf* The line was destroyed durine the Indo-China war.— A P.
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    Bride kisses Sultan's hand
    56 1 DR. HASMAH BINTE MOHAMED ALI kisses the hand of the Sultan of Selangor after her marriage to Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamed in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday Her father, Inche Mohamed Ali, looks on. The couple met at the-University of Malaya seven years ago. Both are now
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    Rex (the army's most-travelled —dog) is coming to Malaya —
    186 1 Rex (the army's most-travelled —dog) is coming to Malaya REX the Alsatian the most travelled dog in the British Army will arrive in Singapore soon from Korea. His master is Colour Sergeant Henry Hobgen, of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, which is coming to Malaya. Rex has already travelled 8.000
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    Lock icon LAWYER'S MURDER: 'MAN FROM SPORE' IS REMANDED
    150 1 LAWYER'S MURDER: 'MAN FROM SPORE' IS REMANDED HONG KONG, Monday. QUIK PAX CHEE, 30, who claims to come from Singapore, was remanded in custody for three days here today on a charge of murdering, Mr. Arthur J. Clifford, a prominent British barrister. Mr. Clifford, who was 45, was knifed to
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    UMNO talks on Tengku's job
    46 1 KLANG. Mon. The newly elected committee of the KUng division of UMNO will meet next Monday to discuss suggestions that the Cnlel MtaUter. Tengku Abdu Rahman should give up his job as president of the organisatl( The division controls 23 branches.
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    Gurkhas bag a bandit
    45 1 TANA RATA, Mon.-— Gurkha soldiers ambushed' small gang of Communist terrorists returning from a food forage yesterday afternoon, killing one. The soldiers are from the 2nd. Platoon, "A" Coy. of the 16 Gurkha Rifles. The dead terrorist has not been identified.
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    Lock icon A ban lifted Hiroshima remembers big blast
    105 1 A ban lifted Hiroshima remembers big blast LONDON. Mon An overtime ban by 14,000 maintenance men in the steel industry, which has cost Britain 430.000 tons of crude steel, will end tomorrow. It began in April. Reuter. TOKYO, Mon. THE city of Hiroshima to•1. day observed the 11th anniversary of
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    BORNEO BANS SINGAPORE NEWSPAPER
    64 1 BORNEO BANS SINGAPORE NEWSPAPER A Singapore Chinese newspaper, the Sin Pau. has been branded as an "undesirable" publication in British North Borneo. A court at Kudat has sentenced a man to six months' Jail and a fine of $500 for possessing copies of the paper. A ban on the Sin
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    The silent 2,000
    36 1 LONDON. Mon. Two thousand British soldiers will be marching in soft soled boots next year. They will be testing several kinds of composition soles developed by the Supply Ministry for quietness and comfort.
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    Lock icon RAF commander in Levant
    46 1 LONDON, Mon.— The Air Ministry announced today that Air Vice-Marshal W. J. Crisham has been appointed Air Officer Commanding, Levant, with effect from this month. The Air Vice-Marshal's new command will include air bases in Lebanon, Iraq. Aden, and East Africa— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Patrol fired on
    34 1 JERUSALEM, Mon.— An Israeli police vehicle travelling in the vicinity of Taiyiba village, was fired on from Jordan territory last Friday. The fire was not returned, an Israeli spokesman said.— UP.
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    The rain spoiled their holiday
    203 1 LONDON. Mon. Gloomy Britons looked out of the.r windows at pouring rain today and decided to call off plans for their August Bank Holiday outings. The railways had put on 55 extra trains to run from London to holiday resorts along the coast. But many
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    COUNCILLORS 'WARNED' BY STRIKERS
    264 1 COUNCILLORS 'WARNED' BY STRIKERS 200 Municipal bus employees stop work in Penang PENANG, Monday. fVBE Municipal Transport Service in Penang was 1 ata complete standstill from early this morning when about 200 drivers and conductors struck for higher wages and better working conditions. Pickets lined both sides of Dato Kramat
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    $525.000 to be won
    74 1 $525.000 to be won THERE is $25,- j£ 1 000 to be g won in the Mala- jyjS yan Monthly's S jackpot Puzzle yV Contest 'Y l KJ *?<! In addition to r» $20,000 in the |a 3§ first prize jack- $K Vt pot. there is as 2p $5,000 in
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    Woman falls 25 ft.
    50 1 A 28-year-old woman, Tan Slew Wah, fell about 25 feet from the second floor of a building in Boon Tat Street, Singapore, yesterday afternoon. She was in a kitchen when she fainted and toppled over a parapet and down an air well. Her condition is serious.
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    Police raid printing works
    154 1 Police raid printing works rvOCUMENTS believed to be of a subversive nature were seized by officers of the Special Branch in a raid on the Tiger Press in Lim Teck Kirn Road, Singapore, over the weekend. They were programmes of a concert sponsored by the Chinese Brass Gone Society, the
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    40 1 U.S. FLEET SAILS NAPLES. Mon Ten ships of U.S. Sixth fleet sailed from here today but officials said they were engaged in "exercises" in Central Mediterranean and exercises were not in any way connected with Suez crisis. Reuter.
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    Bandits routed
    28 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A Home Guard patrol yesterday fired at four bandits one of them a woman in the Plentong area of Johore. The terrorists fled.
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    Lock icon Eden gets tough-talks at No. 10 while carrier readies for ™M
    422 2 AVERT FORCE IN SUEZ:! NEW DELHI, Mon. THE Indian Prime Mi- nister, Mr. Nehru, told leaders of his Congress Party today that India's policy on the Suez Canal crisis should be guided by the need to avert force in
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    MAN NAMED BY NASSER TO RUN CANAL
    23 2 MAN NAMED BY NASSER TO RUN CANAL DR. HELMY BADAVI, the president designate of the Egyptian State board which will ran the canal.
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      Lock icon PRAISE FOR INDIA'S ATOMIC REACTOR
      61 2 LONDON, Mon. The Daily Telegraph today warmly welcomed the news that India has started to produce atomic energy at her first reactor at Trombay, a suburb of Bombay. The reactor, the first in Asia, went into operation on Saturday. "This gives our Commonwealth Partner something
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      25 2 LONDON: Malayan boys will be among 2,000 Scouts from 30 nations at an international jamboree to be held in Essex from Aug. 11 to 18.
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      24 2 HONG KONG: Communist China and the Lebanon have ratified a trade agreement signed at the end of last year, Peking Radio re. ported.— A.P-
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      39 2 SYDNEY: Four Asian students— Mr. Vinl d'Cru* (Malaya). Mr. Abinash Jerath (India), Mr. Oedojo (Indonesia), and Miss Ade- Una T. Agbayanl (Philippines) took part in "Asia Week" discussions at the University of New England in Armldale, New South Wales.
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      15 2 TOKYO: Japan's rice crop is expected to produce a bumper autumn harvest of 347,705,424 bushels.—A-P.
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      21 2 BRUNEI: Many development schemes in Brunei are being held up because of a severe shortage of stone for building and road-making.
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      21 2 m CAIRO: The Yemeni Crown Prince. Emir Self El Islam, arrived here on his way home from Moscow and Eastern Europe.
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      9 2 PHNOMPENH: Cambodia and Laos are to exchange ambassadors.— Reuter.
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      20 2 JAKARTA: President Eisenhower was reported here today to have sent President Soekarno a message on the Sues Canal issue.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Nehru to Ceylon: Don't shoot
    64 2 NEW DELHI Mon. The Prime Minister of India. Mr. Nehru, told the House of the People today that India ti??..^!^ Ce lon not Kacha Thru Island —In the Palk Strait separating India and Ceylon as a bombing and gunnery range, pending a final settlement of
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    270 3 BABY MOON' WILL RUN RACES WITH TS ROCKET WASHINGTON, Monday. nnrKr T which is to launch America's K i iv,h\ moon" satellite next year may 1lti(1 £ond tcllite itself hu rtlmg l* a -,f even greater speeds. l*h >P' M satellite would be the last section on PP rocket which
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    94 3 IMB. Mon TS BIMOUR? gerr is a prize-win-m ..ur is Ihf IWt- the "Pi"*. tl J e the intelf real humnurwr defend* from ff." I, this answer. Mr. tntnnizri «<> n Mite for the hest jun of humour tt«l to the Ninth utional Salon
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    nerons are ins Korea
    43 3 nerons are ins Korea Illf-Ti'.e Ist Bn.. ■fc'.:, arrived at j «»rning from! ■rii.'.'. to relieve the L *.<■•: Own Came- Highlanders, Ik command of Lt f A Stevenson, are Korea for I i 15 after ten. Ited Nations ti In Korea, for one
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    Lock icon Russian seeks asylum
    55 3 COPENHAGEN, Mon. A Russian tourist last night asked for political asylum in Denmark. Ham Natchtich. 34, was a member of the first Soviet tourist group in Denmark. During a visit to Aarhus, Jutland. Natchtich went to the Danish police and said that he did not want to
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    Lock icon ROPA-BOMBS—AND YOU'LL DIEEARLIEh
    108 3 ROP A-BOMBS— AND YOU'LL DIE EARLIEh HTA. Mon— Profes- i S. Haldane. the cmi- Itish scientist, yester"wi that if "atom continued to be ex- for another 20 years »c present rate, pre- > «*ths in future <r Vno rations would run into hun- 1 drctfs of thousands. Many of these
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    Lock icon GANDHI'S SON VISITS BONN L
    54 3 Hejneets the President of West Germany DEVADAS GANDHI (right), son of India's famous statesman, the late Mahatma Gandhi, talks to the West German President, Mr. Theodor Heuss. at a reception at the presidential mansion in Bonn. Mr. Gandhi has been on a oneweek tour of
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    Lock icon 4,243 IN FOREST MASSACRE
    174 3 Khrushchev told: Stalin did this NEW YORK, Monday. A GROUP of Congressmen yesterday made public ri> a letter calling on the Soviet Communist Party secretary, Mr. Nikita Khrushchev, to admit Stalin's guilt in the 1940 massacre of Polish officers at Katyn Forest. The letter to Mr.
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    Lock icon Big strike over, steelworkers return to mills
    81 3 Big strike over, steelworkers return to mills PITTSBURGH. Mon.— Steelworkers began returning to the mills yesterday after settlement of the 35-day nationwide strike. Men working yesterday were eligible for the new 10 per cent. Sunday bonus incorporated in the new tractAbout 10 million tons of steel production were lost in
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    72 escape as plane crashlands
    97 3 72 escape as plane crashlands KARACHI, Mon. A BRITISH airliner from Singapore crashlanded here last night in dark rainy weather. All 72 passengers and crew came out alive. But many persons, including women and children, were badly bruised 1 and shaken when the four engined Hermes belonging to Britannia Airlines,
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    Lock icon Bakers strike
    20 3 RIO DE JANEIRO, Mon.— A surprise shutdown by bakers left this city of 3,000,000 without bread, yesterday. A.P
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    Lock icon THE REBELS SWITCH TERROR TACTICS
    209 3 ALGIERS, Monday. A LGERIAN rebels yesterday suddenly reverted to tactics of random individual attacks in the city of Algiers, wounding two French soldiers and a French restaurant owner. The two soldiers were stabbed from behind in the late twilight shadows under the trees of the
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    Lock icon Dutch study move
    90 3 Dutch study move THE HAGUE, Mon.— Dutch Government circles last night refused all comment on the reported Indonesian Government's decision not to recognise any longer Indonesian debts to. the Netherlands under the round-table conference agreement of 1949. A Government spokesman said that no official communication from Jakarta on this matter
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    21 3 HONO KONG. Mon.—Communist China lifted its seven-year-old ban on American correspondents and granted one-month visas to some yes.terday.—A.P.
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    Cathedral, 5 churches set on fire: Hunt for arsonist
    70 3 NEW YORK, Mon. Police here are hunting the arsonist responsible (or setting fire to St. Patrick's Cathedral and five other midtown churches, over the weekend. All the fires were pews and were put out before firemen arrived. Damage was negligible. At
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    Lock icon Royal couple off on cruise
    194 3 MONACO, Mon. Prince Rainier and his actress wife, Princess Grace, boarded their yacht, the Deo Juvante, today for a 10--day second honeymoon" cruise in the Mediterranean. Several hundred people had waited all day on the quayside to watch the embarkation. But the couple, instead of
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    Lock icon Soviet offer to Indonesia
    33 3 JAKARTA. Mon A Soviet trade delegation arrived here yesterday. Official sources said the Soviets have offered loans and technical asistance, as well as a trade and payments agreement.— Reuter.
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    'Frozen' whisky
    38 3 LONDON, Mon The big Scotch whisky flim, the Distillers Company Ltd., has announced that it will "freeze" its present prices, at least to the end of the year, "as a contribution to the attack on inflation."
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    Red shadow
    34 3 NEW YORK. Mon.—Broadway director Jack Garfein says the proposed stage revival of Scan O'Casey's "The Shadow of a Gunman" has been dropped because the Irish dramatist was accused of being a Communist.
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    32 3 TAIPEH, Mon.— Nationalist China is to export Fbrmosan light Industrial products to South-East Asian countries in an effort to offset Peking's "economic lures" Nationalist trade officials said today. Reuter. TION A
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    Reward of $12,000 for Perumal—Sungei Siput's Red scourge—
    436 4 Reward of $12,000 for Perumal Sungei Siput's Red scourge— TOP INDIAN BANDIT ON 'WANTED' LIST- JPOH, Mon. The Government today put a price of $12,--000 alive, or $10,000 dead, on the head of Perumal, highest ranking Indian terrorist in the Federation. Perumal is a district committee member and commands an
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    The M.C.P. is rotten, ex-terrorist tells a 'bad' village
    121 4 The M.C.P. is rotten, ex-terrorist tells a 'bad' village IPOH, Monday. A SURRENDERED terrorist boss, Lee Tan, told 2,500 residents of anco -operative Chendrong new village on Saturday night of the perfidy and hypocrisy of the Malayan Communist Party. Lee Tan was a Batu Gajah district committee member of the
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    BRITAIN BOUND: 9 CHINESE TEACHERS
    173 4 BRITAIN BOUND: 9 CHINESE TEACHERS KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Seven Chinese vernacular school teachers and two Chinese school inspectors are going to England for a special one-year course at the Brinsford Lodge Teachers' Training College. They are the first Chinese school teachers to be sent there. With them will go another
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    Three bandit camps found
    50 4 ALOR STAR, Mon. Three Communist terrorist camps each with accommodation for about 10, were located by two patrols of the Ist Malay Regiment in the Kulim area of South Kedah yesterday. One camp had a concrete shelter and a cook-house. In others, Communist pamphlets were found.
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    Strike: 10th day
    35 4 SUNGEI PATANI. Mon.— A strike by 1,350 labourers on the United Patani Estate one of the largest Europeanowned estates in Kedah entered its 10th day today without any sign of a settlement.
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    Census in miniature
    194 4 A DUMMY RUN NEXT MONTH TO PERFECT PLANS FOR COUNTING HEADS IN COLONY r«OVEBMENT enume- rators will take a census "in miniature" ln Singapore next month. The object is to discover the problems that are likely to be met during the island-wide count of the population next
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    VARSITY STUDENTS ARE FRIENDLY
    153 4 'Aloof to Nanyang' rumour is scotched A RUMOUR now current that University of Malaya students are "aloof and unfriendly" towards those of Nanyang University is absolutely false, say members of the former university. Men and women from the two universities meet socially, and the focal centre
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    Burglar used a ladder
    60 4 IPOH. Mon.— A cat burglar stole three purses containing $81 and a fountain pen worth $10 from a room occupied by three Chinese in a house in Treacher Street early yesterday morning. A ladder was found in front of a sundry shop which the burglar made
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    School wants $28,200
    49 4 JESSELTON, Mom The Chung Hwa School, Jesselton, which is being reconstructed at a cost of $482,000 still has to find $28,200 of the money required. Mr. Chong Khiam, chairman of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce Reconstruction Committee for the school, has asked the Government to assist.
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    Maiden voyage
    15 4 The 10,000-ton freighter Bendoran is expected in Singapore today on her maiden voyage.
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    Accused of fraud
    92 4 Ang Joo Seng, an employee of George Lee Motors Ltd., Clemenceau Avenue, pleaded not guilty in a Singapore court yesterday to criminal breach of trust of 20 motor-cycles valued at $10,000. He was said to have committed the alleged offence between April and July. No plea was
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    It's a dog's life—so postmen bite back
    285 4 It's a dog 's life— so postmen bite back SINGAPORE'S 441 postmen are starting a campaign for the prevention of cruelty to postmen. Dog bites have doubled this year. In the past week two cases were reported to the General Post Office Ismail bin Mohammed was bitten In Katong and
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    Bokies lay off 3-D bets
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    SIAMESE WOMEN VISIT HANDICAPPED CHILDERN
    92 5 THESE 12 members of the Women's Culture Promotion Association of North Siam. spent the weekend visiting Singapore institutions for blind, deaf, handicapped and destitute children. When they motored from Penang last week they were most impressed, they said, by the evidence of so much military
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    Lib-Scocs pand
    22 5 P?ct Libera!-So- open- it Kat■N Pa^ar. r C-y Councillor. lH «-a> electr Katong Theme Yuen '.he TanH has about 300
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    King class women
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    BASIC WAGE IS FUTILE NOW —SILCOCK
    162 5 BASIC WAGE IS FUTILE NOW —SILCOCK DROF. T. H. Silcock, Professor of Economics at the University of Malaya spoke in Singapore yesterday on the futility of Sxing a pan-Malayan minimum wage scale at present. During a discussion on "wages and social policy" at the Radio Economics Seminar at the University
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    Unite—a secret call is sent out to 3,000
    136 5 Unite— a secret call is sent out to 3,000 A SECRET appeal A calling for the formation of a trade union is now going the round of employees working for 250 Indian firms in the busiest parts of Singapore city. The signatories of the appeal, which urges 3,000 salesmen, clerks,
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    BRIDE AND GROOM SMILE FOR THE CAMERAMAN
    55 5 MR. FRANCON WILLIAM WELLS, eldest son of Mr. A. W. Wells, and Miss Patricia Josephine Mitchell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. i. Mitchell, were married yesterday at the Church of St. Theresa, Kampong Bahru, Singapore. The reception was held at the Harbour
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    UNCIL MEN SEEK 'EGAL ADVICE
    73 5 El JvriSr SlnKa P°re City Council Labour BBHhHhHbI S w°" W;li meet their le^al adviser, BbHBbBbBHbI r •-"r'.'-.i ovp r°ti ay n to diSCUSs their dis P ute BbßSHb^B^B^bl an c s cu over the Ritson scheme and nous- I ■■■■i^HbbSbl L^ federation ."r a
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    11 Australian VIPs due
    24 5 Eleven prominent Australians, including seven Federal parliamentarians, will arrive in Singapore today on their way to Hong Kong and Formosa.
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    g contest
    12 5 75« Waters*] ■"•old its L a Malayan ■unships 1 Ris
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    Dato Kamil, first envoy, leaves today
    67 5 Dato Kamil, first envoy, leaves today DATO MX AHMAD KA.MIL. former Mentri Bcsar of Kelantan and a member of the Federation's constitutional delegation to London, who leaves Singapore today for Canberra on a preparatory visit before taking up his appointment in November as Malaya's first representative in Australia. Dato Nik.
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    NO RED LIPS IN POLICE
    129 5 ...until they're off duty ITUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The first 53 women recruits for the Federation Police Force today began six months' training, at the police depot here. The rule is "no makeup while on duty." "We may let them put on a discreet dash or
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    JAIL FOR BRIBERY: CLERK APPEALS
    149 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. A FORMER clerk of the Employees Provident Fund, A J. A. Theophilus, today appealed here against his conviction and sentence of three months' jail for corruption. Theophilus was found guilty of corruptly accepting $120 from Sally Wong for helping her to withdraw
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    Expats: New pledge
    54 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon- Expatriate officers who stay on in this country after independence next year will be well looked after by the Alliance Government, the Minister for Works. Inche Sardon bin Haji Jublr. said today. He hoped expatriate officers would continue their "valuable work" in view of
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    Guard posts
    27 5 JOROHE BAHRU, Mon Mr. Nahar Singh Bhullar has been appointed deputy Home Guard officer, Kluang and Raja Abubakar bin Mohamed deputy Commander Home Guards, Pontian.
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    I'll add 10 yean youth to your skin"
    329 5 "Give me 10 minutes a day- says HELENA RUBINSTEIN HOW OLD ARE YOU? it doesn't matter. Whether you are approaching thirty or well beyond forty. I can show you how to make your skin look and feel as much as ten years
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      868 5 Price* are for Singapore only. Federation plus Tax. Sole Agents:JOHN LITTLE (Malaya) LTD. (Incorporated in Singapore) SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR, PENANG. f ■mixu.-wrfjS^ jfT-^ trie f'*t€/ 1 Forced Landing ijagpjgp^?-^'-' T^jjpgr.^ "^ffi^gjßfr^^ ||J The scene was an airfield in New Jersey. -fl^k /5I j Two men. a te>t-pilot and a fnend,
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      230 5 8.30 The Fortune* Of Nigel; »900 RADIO MALAYA N^ v snort -JTL* Me. Regional W Parade Of Star*^ lO.O^Home (Short wave S2m. Medium ws»e 0 The Ballet: 10.45 A.M. 7.15 Time Signal and Openfjnaie; P.M. M.OO Lucky Dip: Ing Annct.: 7.16 Morning Sere•3o News; M.45 Rhythm Session; nade: 7.30 News;
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    70 6 to WorJtsS (Min.)—B<aMtU. txtrm. TWO SELF CONTAINED furnished flats available in Weston-Super-Mare for long lets. Reasonable rental. Apply, w—ntwiJiggins, 49, Oxford Bt. Weston-Buper-Mare, Somerset, XTJL JERSEY CHANNEL ISLANDS. Ommaroo Hotel. Open all the year round. Centrally heated Hotel with comfortable modern amenities. Excellent cuisine. Cocktail Bar, Television Room,
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    238 6 20 Words tl» (minimum). FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day fci the "Malay Mail 1 if you want to win that $5,000 word puzzle. STOCKTAKING CLEARANCE 6ALE On:— Ladies U.S. A Dresses from $8.90, Panties 4 prs. $3. Luck's 17 Orchard Road. MADELINE'S FASHION NEWS. Special offer 10% discount on all
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Aug. 7, 1956. Keeping Cool Heads
    613 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Aug. 7, 1956. Keeping Cool Heads The care which Britain. America and France must take in their preparations for the international conference on the Suez seizure has been heavily underlined by Iraq's unexpected reaction. Iraq has not .been invited to the conference, but it is
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    More Doctors
    309 6 A commission of inquiry, say* the Alumni Association, should be appointed to study the problem of the doctor shortage. The enthusiasm with which Singapore's Health Minister has greeted the proposal is unlikely to prove infectious. Malaya has not had much luck with commissions and committees Except where they
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    Jobs Survey
    238 6 Educational policy is based on the simple premise that it is the duty of the state to give every citizen such education as he is capable of absorbing or can afford to pay for. Government's responsibility ends there. What happens to the thousands of literate youths our schools,
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    Mr. Dulles baektrack on Suez issue
    975 6 Mr. Dulles baektrack on Suez issue I ritHE Suez crisis is devei x loping along the E lines one reluctantly anticipated that it I would follow. There S has been no more de- pressing example Z since the war of the easy confusion b&E tween strong and i hasty action.
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      Who pays the rates?
      340 6 CONGRATULATIONS to vr Mr. Stevenson. He is prepared to argue the rating question publicly and this is a good thing. Let me assure the officers of the City Assessors Department that my shafts are aimed not at them but at their masters. My statement of the
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      Kenya's 'White' Highlands
      254 6 I REFER to your leading article "Labour and Colonies" in your Issue of July 24. In tae course of that article, you state: "Kenya maintains separate electoral rolls, and the richest lands in the Highlands, are reserved for white farmers". This statement concerning the Highlands suggests either
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      The height required
      51 6 1 REFER to your photograph 1 on page four of the Straits Times of July 31 under the heading "Here's one cadet destined for a high rank." The minimum height for enlistment into the Coldstream Guards is sft. 9>Aln and not sft. llin, as stated.' EX-ARMY RECRUITER.
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      This rule is unnecessary
      93 6 PARENTS of children seeking admission to 1957 s Primary one class in Government Schools will have to produce their identity cards to prove residence on registration. Why is this necessary? Does the Education Department imagine that fathers will deliberately give wrong addresses? By enforcing that rule,
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      MORE BUSES WANTED
      130 6 t AND many others, think x it is about time, that the STC got themselves organised. You wait for more than 20 minute^ at Dhoby GKhaut at about 5.30 p.m., seeing about 10 to 18 buses ro past, some of them half empty. Then at long last
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    bbc'S weak
    241 6 E T^HE British Broadcasting 5 Corporation is for ever 5 patting itself on the back s on the number of hours it is s on the air, and on the mul--5 tilingual nature of its pro- grammes. It would be in- teresting to know if the s Corporation
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      571 6 I Straits Times ft Free Preet Fof th* coiiveaisaes of awve^ tiwn our r«prw»«tattv» of Itt. I floor, SINGAPORE COLO $TORA«. I ORCHARD ROAD, wM rmM (mall odvertl*»moirtf mm* wuwon to do it nunbCff I ClOHifltd OOVlllUliHtl «M» I also bo hand«« to: i CITY BOOK STORt ITS. Collyor Quay.
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    Malaya may have own Olympics' to open the new Merdeka Stadium
    136 7 Malaya may have own Olympics' to open the new Merdeka Stadium uMPIR Mon. The FederaKl^*,',; Mrrdeka" Stadium In the 2 Kuala iump'ir will be completed by !i u£UV mpiad wUI P robably held to i minor t'ldum 11 \ssociation of Malaya council °\.M<Tri." Tfn «rku Abdul Rahman, who is L
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    500 PLEAD: 'GIVE IS BACK OUR RIENDLY SURGEON'
    178 7 MALACCA, Monday, teople here have signed a petiister for Health, asking that rmer senior surgeon at the id be re-posted to Malacca when he returns from leave. The petition Is headed by Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan, president of the M.C.A., and a
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    he twelfth nan in he case
    55 7 Mon. JONG. 12th Red in ?re in a double i taden n Road j 1 minded af- con- j then, rday were ob:r.s Kean Ck a schoolboy j I li Vrw a 19- i r rec d and wa& given j P-.-nang-b men now
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    1.010,000 r phones
    23 7 -■R. Mon Government ex- o-&t latest type at Swettenham. i for Works. 1 communlcabin Haji:. the one st 5700.000,' Swettenham
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    Union delegates see Commodore
    56 7 A four-man delegation from the Singapore Teachers' Union will this morning meet the Commodore Superintendent of the Naval Dockyard, for talks on the sacking of Mr. Dominic Puthucheary, a teacher in the Admiralty Asian School. Mr. Puthucheary is under one month's notice from July 31. No
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    So very kind of you, say the visitors from Japan
    199 7 So very kind of you, say the visitors from Japan GEVEN Japanese students sailed from Singapore yesterday, impressed by the friendliness and kindness they had encountered during their week's stay in the Colony and the Federation. Their leader. 22-year-old Yoshlo Kawashima. said that "during our stay both in Singapore and
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    Diphtheria outbreak reported
    66 7 KUALA KANGSAR, Mon. A diphtheria outbreak occurred in Kampong Lai Singh, near the railway station here, recently. Two cases were reported. A Health Department team today visited the kampong to inoculate children. Parents are requested to take their children between the ages of 6 months and 9
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    MCA establish new branch
    49 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. An area branch of the Malayan Chinese Association was established at Tampoi, Johore. yesterday. The officers of this branch are- Yap Chin Choon, chairman. Law Yew Kiang and Puan Lian, vice-chairmen; Cheong Chee Ken, hon. secretary; and Lav Kok Seng, hon. treasurer.
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    Drowned in well
    24 7 A two-year-old boy, Mohamed Yusoff bin Hassan, was drowned in a well near his house in Geylang Serai. Singapore, yesterday afternoon.
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    $16,000 netted
    14 7 Singapore's Boys' Town collected $16,000 from their two-day fete over the weekend.
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    New Ambassador to Cambodia
    49 7 Mr. H. N. Brain, formerly on the staff of the Special Commissioner, South East Asia from 1946-48 in Singapore, has been appointed British Ambassador to Cambodia in succession to Mr. R. P. Heppel. He has been until recently Minister at the British Embassy in Tokyo.
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    More houses to go up
    45 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon After completing a housing scheme at Jalan Ah Siang Johore Bahru, Dale and Marden on behalf of Sathask (Far East) Ltd. have obtained approval from the Town Council for the construction of 30 houses off Jalan Scudal.
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    Rotary talk
    30 7 Mr. D. J. Williams, principal of the Singapore Polytechnic, will speak about the work of the polytechnic at the Singapore Rotary Club luncheon meeting tomorrow at Cathay Hotel.
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    EX-BOXER: I WAS DRUNK WHEN I HIT POLICEMEN
    103 7 EX-BOXER: I WAS DRUNK WHEN I HIT POLICEMEN KUALA LUMPUR. Mon A former boxer admitted in the First Magistrates Court here today to assaulting two policemen yesterday. Karim bin Mohamed Said. 30, who was known in the ring as "Boy Karim", said that he was drunk at the time He
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    Acquitted man hints at proceedings
    131 7 KUALA LUMPUH. Mon. When the police > withdrew -a charge against P. J- Joshua. 20 a Malay Mail reporter, his counsel Mr. Peter Hall intimated that Joshua might institute proceedings himself Mr Hall asked the magistrate, Inche Abdul Rani, to acquit Joshua without prejudice to
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    Driver jailed
    39 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon.— T. Tangavelu, a Public Works Department lorry driver, was today sentenced by the Johore Bahru Sessions Court to three months' jail for stealing three and a half gallons of petrol belonging to the PWD.
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    HO, STAND AND DELIVER!
    210 7 rrHE ROBIN HOODS of Singapore were out in full cry yesterday! And they weren't after the sheriff's men either. Nor did they carry the traditional bow and arrow of Sherwood Forest fame. Armed with banners of strange device, the Robin Hoods they were actually members of
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    'ARREST US-AND WE STRIKE'
    157 7 'ARREST US- AND WE STRIKE' Sampanmen warn Government SINGAPORE'S motor sampanmen may go on strike at any time. Their negotiations with the Government on the provision of full safety equipment for their vessels have reached a deadlock. This follows a letter from the Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J.
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    GUYS AND GUNS DANCER
    76 7 GUYS AND GUNS DANCER THIS AMERICAN girl, Rosanne Richards, who will appear as an acrobatdancer at a Singapore nightspot, has danced within a thousand yards of firing machineguns. She had this experience during the Korean war. Rosanne organised a revue to entertain the United Nations forces at the front Rosanne
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    ATC camp
    38 7 Two hundred air cadets of the Singapore and Federation Air Training Corps will attend the combined A. T« C. annual training camp at the Royal Naval Air Station at Sembawang from next Sunday to Aug. 22.
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    JAILED CLERGYMAN: REDS CONDEMNED
    142 7 THE THIRD general assembly of the Far Eastern Council of Christian Churches, now being held in Singapore, yesterday condemned Communist China for imprisoning the Rev. Wang Ming Tao, of the Christian Fellowship of Peking, and his wife. A rdesolution passed by delegates stated that Mr. Wang
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    LIVE WIRE SHOCK FOR COMEDIAN
    63 7 LIVE WIRE SHOCK FOR COMEDIAN M. R. Shanmußam, the manager and comedian of the Indan dance troupe which performed at the Happy World, Singapore, over the week-end, suffered a severe electric shock yesterday morning. He was knocked unconscious by a live wire while helping to disconnect plugs for the stage
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    Flood-free road link for Malaya
    149 7 RAINY SEASON DELAYS AVOIDED ITUALA LUMPUR, Mon. —A flood-free road will be built to link central and south Malaya the Minister for Works, Posts and Telecommunications, Inche Sardon bin Haji Jubir, announced today. The route is through Kendong, Alor Gajah. Muar, Batu Pahat and Ayer
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    NEW G.P.O. PLAN HELD UP
    67 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Minister for Works, Posts and Telecommunications, Inche Sardon bin Haji Jubir, today spoke of the "dire need" for a new General Post Office to replace the present 50- -year-old building. The Government has the money $2,500,000 for the new post office
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      39 7 Now -finer, milder smoking j) i sir I Q?V\l NUMBER SEVEN H2\ virginia I J^ UMIOM OF BURMA A/RWAYS /J S3p-/T..:? Departure: Every Thursday Jjlfli&l RANGOON j m§ffiysS^ chittagonc I J»i^Vfli|r CALCUTTA 42. TILOK AYIR STREET SINCA.»ORI > 'PHONE: *****
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      106 7 The weather MINIMUM TEMPE«ATUBE: (7 30 pjn on Aug. 5 to 7.30 a.m. on Aug. 6): Slng^Jore 76 d«re«, Penang 73 Kota Bahru 75, Kuala LumpdV 76. i^Jh££**?J2: MAXIMUM TEMFEKATXFBE: (7.30 am. to 130 pjn. on Aug 6) Singapore 86, Penang 87, KoU Bahru 91. Kuala Uunpur »1. Ip°h M
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    Gems used as flowers
    128 8 rLOWERS jewellery cared from precious stones is the latest fashion craze in London, and even connoisseurs of jewels are astounded at its lifelike appearance. The work is reminiscent of that of Faberge, a great Russian jeweller, who excelled at delicate carving of precious stones. This is
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    The Chinese food was not cheap PLANTERS WIFE
    486 8 The Chinese food was not cheap PLANTERS WIFE MONDAY A CHINESE cookery book i have bought is full of the most fascinating recipes. One dish named "Drunken Shrimps" really lives up to its name. You do, in fact, make the creatures drunk before putting them to death. The book would
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    Singer's pretty wife enjoys travel and clothes
    240 8  -  SUSAN BARBIE HER DRESSES gOME FROM PARIS ftND NEW YORK By A GIRL who likes satin, velvet and t* lace is petite, dark-eyed beauty, Mrs. Miklos Gafni, who travels round the world with her distinguished singer husband, collecting^ pretty clothes wherever she iroes.
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      235 8 Baby doesn't cry now! <tsg»^* Tender baby skin soon becomes r- _rstT^jj^A^^ sore. And then he starts to cry. —^> Stop soreness and chafing with iniMimAame J° nnson s Baby Powder. Use it f or y Our baby after his bath v>i A 6 and whenever you change his fl
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      117 8 [RICHHRDs I NOISELESS I ELECTRIC HAIR D Ry Er The gentle warm O ir CU rr. right to the roots 0 ou NM drying it naturally, h co lthi' k comfortably. y ""< LJ% Its very light Ol ,d eosyto m and its on extremely h On d< n /SI
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      165 8 Straits Times Crossword 'J U' U LJ 5 U* ACROSS 9 Salopian urban span (10). 1 Beetle to irritate the bird? 12 "Our Is our helper" (10 >- (Burke) (10) 8 Circular bows of the Discovery 13 Fusay type theologian and **> lin Lent (7) 10 A picking from the
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    STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURES The High Pressures and then THe crack-up
    1366 9  -  LEONARD MOSLEY By jf GREAT I BUDGET M SCANDAL^P In this second and final artirlm tracing the reasons behind the tragic end of Oereh Cnrti— Bennett. Q.C.. the author explains the reasons that led this complex man to drink:
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      67 9 f L, .rJJ agpo mot wee 1: Conditioned kjRNITURE IOWROOMS I IhELM BLDC. mm Market Jr Imnervous All SLEEP |of j;scutf re r *"<( soothing 't^eve menp md n rvouj •xl pfonxjte "itunl sle«p r n J I caused r'«TH(N ATUI(A^ FU«b Mlr WH|CM r I *«INTIAL To] k-TABS Asthma
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      199 9 PA. 47 A -49 MY CONSTIPATION WmiSARIOVER! 1 ALWAYS TAKE Milk of Magnesia 4^^aj(Hß» Becauae It provides m ort com. jdZftjn| Wk pUtarvHef than smgi«- purpose Aj Dk UxaUvet. which haw no effect on f\ the add Indigestion that usually /H aceompanlei constipation For ri» MA <* Milk Ml ne
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      147 9 Rex Morgan* MM. Conditioning sP^sfc W8U..1 X CrCOUZSt iOU\UtOW! I CANS6E OYWVWWT t S s"| I^^^^P^ I I WAS STANON6 OOft KNOW-J «X» 988, ALREADY IOWB THAT H>T MOW I WATCH IT'S MARKED trOSH rPSSW-Y/ PLEASG SIT INSTEAD OF StTTlWfe k. COHCXTIQHED MDUK EARS f PttXX) KNOW J wrTH EAISED
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    100 RUBBER ESTATES INDONESIA HAVE CLOSED DOWN'
    346 10 100 RUBBER ESTATES INDONESIA HAVE CLOSED DOWN' THE owners of more than a hundred estates i n Indonesia have in the last five or six years "felt obliged to give up the unequal struggle according to Mr. A. L. Matthewson, chairman of Allied Sumatra Plantations and other com panics with
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    SHIPPING
    80 10 Ships lyint alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Bayerstein 1-2, I tola 4-5. rrein Maersk C.P.: Henrlch 6-7. Akagisan Maru 8-9, Oreßon Mall 11. Perseus 13-14, Benvrackle 15-16, Flying Clo»f) 18 Anklng 19-20. Serdang N.Wall 2. Serampang N.Wall 4. Rawang N.Wall 6. Langsa N.Wall 8,
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    TIN OUTPUTS
    22 10 The following July tin outputs are announced:- Rahman Hydraulic 457 piculs: and Takuapa Valley (No 1 2 Dredces) 644 piculs.
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    JULY CROPS
    32 10 July rubber crops Include Kempas 323.700 lb (June 320,150 lb.) Kadella 15,900 lb. (June 15,900 lb.); Alor Pongsu 103,936 Jb: Bedonr 43,522 lb.; Temerloh 39,300 lb., and Trong 23,300 lb.
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    Rubber land sale
    48 10 Some small areas of land in clow proximity to the Batu Caves rock are being sold for building purposes, says Mr. T.J. dimming, chairman of Batu Caves Rubber Co. Negotiations are in progress for the lease or sale of other areas for mining and quarrying.
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    133 10 MELBOURNE M on JNVESTMENTS were firm wfan, the undertone recorded hf MP trading on the Stock fttcSnS here today, m minin E .s leads were sought at hiuner prices and oils moved variably, v, gained on a moderate turnover Loans 3's'; 1956-59 £9513/16 Loans 3 U'o 1955-58 £97
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    Another rubber company sells
    44 10 Another rubber company sells P»cfcJ ot[, r uui en, g\s >' j f ioard Cor.:--. lave, ft? h red W^ har c etr*^ nvcstm,.;^ 1 it Juh JJ jj enask 3 1 KMitloßajJ :ompanv 12 MllPdl;,,.* -ircular ao* An ex!n;~j ha.s beg 9 ut 20
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      297 10 NOTICES NOTICE The Hindustan Theatres Limited, Kuala Lumpur, are issuing new shares at $10 each. Application forms can be obtained from the (secretary. Hindustan Theatres Ltd; P.O. Box 260. Kuala Lumpur. f DUST 1 I IRRITATES 1 L YOUREYES^ M'wf/I refreshithemm NOW... the greatest Morris In Morris History W^Br^ I^l
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      62 10 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Mr. Hew Sew Llm is no longer in our employment and has no authority to transact any 1 business on our behalf. Dated: 2nd Day of August, 1956. THE ANGLO-THAI CORPORATION LTD. H-H-H-^T-<TpHON«-«-4O'rai 1 1 tl l I 7TH BIG DAT! Today: 3.15, 6.30
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      392 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS KUALA LUMPUR MUNICIPAL COUNCIL APPLICATIONS are invited for the appointment of an Assistant Health Officer to the Municipal Council. Qualification: A medical qualification registrable in Malaya with some experience of public health work. Preference will be given to fywM^tjf who hold the Diploma in Public Health or Its
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      1106 10 TENDER POLICE TENDER NOTICE Tenders which will close at 12 noon on Monday the 13th August, 19M, are Invited by the Chief Ponce Officer, Perak for the supply of cooked and uncooked food to No. 2 Police Field Force personnel based at Kroh, Perak. Full particulars may be obtained on
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      54 10 SHIPPING NOTICE EIXEBMAN 4k BUCKNALL S.S. CO., LTD. S.S. "CITY OF rOOMA" Cargo shipped from the United States and Canada by the above vessel has been transhipped at Hongkong to the s.s. "City of Ottawa" which will arrive in Singapore on the Bth August McALISTEK CO., LTD., As Agents, ELLERMAN
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      120 10 New joint Borneo Company enterprise ANEW commodity merchanting house comes into existence with the registration of a private company called Harborn. This is a Joint interest of the Borneo Company and Mr. William H. J. Rarbottle through half shares in the £150,000 of issued capital in 50,000 10 per cent
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      269 10 KNUTSEN LINE or.h: J FROM CANADA/US, PACIFIC IW,-;: i^B Sailing San '"l Vancouver Francisco Sport P, Cierfrude Bakke 11/14 An; -I Elisabeth Bakke Sailed .'.l >21 A k! Ellen Bakke 25 |ul 15 Au? M- 16 Scp Accepting Cargo for Frcir.mil-.— :i, ''Jfl FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA-f Sailing B^H Fremantle Spore
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      880 11 f -^^cteLD CO., LTD. *oii tin r *fAN $FI ..n <..ngopore) (13 Hnm) r ut' ut BLUE FUNNEL UNE V 61AJCOW, LONDON ft CONTINENTAL PORTS ft3F/>- A- A-0 VlO Pm) 7/ c ,6 A^ 0 A-g A f U A-f U/1 A-f 17/1 i is Aug 10 Aug 19/21 Aag
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      777 11 BAST ASIATIC LINES OUTWAM>> -Vm Nr U* sumoawa if/i7A /ma iUTtAHWA "v~*m 4/7^ T9Z HOMEWARD samnm la, o^. Amhntp> Htmkm% S'pora P.S'hom Panong SELANDIA ai/ /t t%^ Um^ I*l1 1 SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES SYSTEM AMIMCAII .J?iS2 ISF»2Jl SF»2J? I SSSKJSSK HaS* m&'O' JSBX. ■^EudtlmflUU •RtHOENT P.LLMOR. is^Cal. B/,.^ U^ I^^ zx?
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      1019 11 i!S HQ THE BEN UNS BTEAMEKS LTD "tin"" SINGAPORE (Incorporated in the United Kingdom) 3 LINES SAILINGS TO UK AND CONTINENTAL PORTS S'pora P. Sham Panang •RENVRACKII for London. Rotterdam 18/10 Sails t Aag Dhas* arrives Land— 31 Aag BENCLEUCH for Liverpool, Havre, Hull 13/20 Aag 0/10 Aag 11/12 Aag
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      1280 11 MoAUSTER dc CO., LTD. TEL.: No.: ***** ■I.f.SBTBJAM 0k BOCKMALL KLAVEMBSS LINE LONDON, HAVRE, ROTTERDAM, LOS AN6ELES. SAN FRANCISCO, HAMBURB SEATTLE, VANCOUVER ft PORTLAND and for U.S.A., North Atlantic Port* Accepting cargo for Central ft Sou and Canada via Colombo America CITY OP OTTAWA BOUGAINVILLE .ftrA* k if'nrt, vsi p
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    Bright future for our rubber: MacKenzie
    584 12 TN spite of all the advances made in synthetic rubber and plastic alternatives, Dato H. E. MacKenzie former veteran Malayan planter, is as convinced as ever that natural rubber has a great future. Within the next decade with replanting and high yielding potential, the
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    JAPANESE HERE ON MARKET SURVEY
    175 12 A FOREIGN representative of one of Japan's leading textile factories, Mr. Yuji Kishida, is now in Singapore studying local market condition for his factory's products. Mr. Kishida. who is chief of the sales department of Dai Nippon Spinning Co. Ltd., Osaka, said Malaya was one
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    They celebrate 25 years progress by local company
    440 12 They celebrate 25 years progress by local company A UNIQUE business association was celebrated last week when Dato S. Q. Wong completed 25 years as chairman of The Overseas Assurance Corporation Ltd.; having been a director since its inception in 1920. Dato Wong at the annual meeting of the company
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    Happy World show list
    110 12 Happy W or ld show list The following is the list of those companies who will exhibit at the Ideal Home Show to be held at the Happy World, Singapore, from Friday until August 19. Dlethelm and Co., Ltd., Lee Sawmill Ltd., Robinson and Co., Ltd., John Little and Co.,
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    Hongkong and Shanghai Bank opens in Africa
    146 12 rE Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation has entered finance business in Africa. It has Joined in equal partnership with Bowmaker and Toier Kemaley and Milboum In their Central African company. Bowmaker (C.A.) (Private). Tozer Kemsley has long been encaged in the business of
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    CARRIER FACTORY OPENS IN COLONY
    365 12 CARRIER FACTORY OPENS IN COLONY CONFIDENCE in the future of Singapore as a major port in the Far East was expressed by the establishment of a new factory and office for International Air Conditioninß Co. Ltd., local distributors of Carrier Corporation of America, said Mr. P. M. McMichael a director
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    GOLD CUP ENCORE BY THE GALLANT THREE RINGS
    244 13  -  EPSOM JEEP DOUBLE FOR MELBOURNE HOPS- By 111 R. E. J. Tan's Three AT* Rings created Malayan turf history when he won his third Gold Cup in Penang yesterday, the last day of the August Bank Holiday meeting. Three Rings, trained by
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    RESULT DIVIDENDS AND CASH SWEEPS
    1818 13 Race One CLASS 1. DIV. t-g FVMS. ...Mr- H. Cowling and Mrs. J. Rodgen' (4) GREET 8.13 (468— 151) Jones 1 (1) WeieUng Walt. 8.3 (j»4— 140) Qeyer 2 (6) Farrier 3.12 carr 8.5 (Sft—29) Khamis 3 (5) AIR RATS B.S (Ml— 7s) Ransome 4
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    MEYER IS CHAMPION FOR FOURTH YEAR
    241 13 COUN J. afKYKR became the first holder or the Oel Hong Ham Challenge Cup when he won the Singapore Gun Club Open championship (or the fourth year In suocesston with a total of 390 at the Rifle. Range on Sunday. He also won the
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    Weng Ching was all courage
    245 14 I" ITTLE Yang Weng Ching does not play just badminton she plays fighting badminton with a courage that can move mountains of odds. In the Anal of the women's singles, Wenc Chine bad reached the point of no hope in her match against Tan Gaik
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    DOUBLES TO ONG, MARJAN
    266 14 fiNG POH LIM and Ismail \J bin Marjan, of Singapore, re-established themselves as the leading badminton doubles combination in Malaya when they regained the Malayan championship with a resounding 15.2, 15-6 victory over the Selangor pair of Abdullah Piruz and Mok Vat Wah at the Singapore
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    Last-try Poh Lim is champion again
    627 14 HE GATE HIMSELF JO MINUTES TO WW fWAt-AMD WD IT IN Jl HIS STRATEGY WAS ATTACK, ATTACK AND YUSUF WILTED By THE SPORTS EDITOR TT WAS all but Indonesia's night in the finals of the Malayan badminton championships at the Singapore Badminton Stadium last
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    Ministers at a glass
    169 14 Ministers at a glass nESULTS of the finals: MEN'S SINGLES Ong Poh Lim beat Eddy Ymmt 15-8, 15-W. MEN'S DOUBLES Ong Poh Lim and Ismail bin Marjan beat Abdullah Pins and Mok Vat Wah 15-2, 15-6. WOMEN'S SINGLES T«ng Weng Chlng beat Tan Gaik Bee 4-11, 12-M. 11-C. WOMEN'S DOUBLES
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    Marines gain 2 victories
    38 14 Marine Department Sports Club of Singapore won both their matches pUyed in Muar during the W On Saturday they beat Muar Chinese Invitation XI 4-3 and on Sunday they beat Muar Invitation XI 3-1.
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    'Made to order' wickets alleged
    170 14 'Made to order' wickets alleged MRBAR NITS AT ENfiUSH KARACHI, Mon. mHE Pakistani Test team captain, Abdul K. Hafeez Kardar, said yesterday that the Australians on their English tour this season had had to play on "made to order" wickets designed to exploit their apparent weaknesses. Writing in his weekly
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    Last workout for Colony athletes
    364 14 SINGAPORE'S best athletes will have their final workout' before the Malayan championships luring the triangular athletic contest between Combined Schools, Swifts and Achilles on the S.J.I. ground tomorrow, from 5 p.m. Schools, who won the inaugural meet last year, will field a strong team against
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    Aussies set for innings victory
    200 14 Aussies set for innings victory SWANSEA. Men. THE TOURING Australian cricketers were heading for an innings victory over Glamorgan at close of play on the second day of their match here today. The Australians declared at 408-4 and then dismissed Glamorgan for 116. Following on 392 runs behind, the county
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    MILTON HITS 138, NO PLAY AT THE OVAL
    105 14 LONDON. MOB. POUNTY cricket scores at the t«t Interval today were: At Oval, Nottinghamshire tv (or six versus Surrey, no play today, rain. At Northamptonshire. Leicestershire 13 (or three versus Nor- thamptonshire. Raining. I At Hove, Sussex 130 and 39 (or At
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    India adopts new system for badminton ranking
    174 14 rr*HE Council of the Badminton x Association of India have fixed the bails for ranking of badminton players in India as follows:— (1) A player must participate in the National Championships and any two of other major tournaments held during the course of
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    SINGAPORE LOSE AFTER A GRAND FIGHT TO END
    937 14 SINGAPORE LOSE AFTER A GRAND FIGHT TO END Delllkan and Nagaiah almost turned back Federation rpHE Federation of Malaya beat Singapore by three wickets on the Singapore padang yesterday, the match ending at 5 p.m. The scores were Singapore 89 and 128, Federation 113 and 105 f or seven wickets.
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    Gunners take polo trophy
    57 14 Singapore Gunners won the Ismall Senior Cup polo competition at Thomson Road yesterday. The competition, played on slippery ground conditions, was between the Singaporeans, the Remnants and the Gunners. The Gunners team was: MaJ. J. T. R. Power; Maj. Gen. L..H. O. Pugh; Lt. Col. J.
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    MOSCOW-BOUND
    22 14 The Indonesian National soccer team passed through Singapore yesterday on their way to Moscow to play five matches against Russian teams.
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    McMu takes Colon golf ti
    83 14 McMu takes Colon golf ti ful ?o;: won th, 2*l the Golfci who t> the R," March "'ached™9 Louaston. *> Featuroo'fc, WMth,. of botr. i The fir,- 1 i halved bu- ,f J missed a shmi McMullar. 1 Thb lead Z I couragemer, 1 p d and he 2 brilliant
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    NEW SCH MEET
    56 14 NEW SCH MEET The Malays:: sociation rJ! fin two Ministries::! I proix^al \o schools crick**. 1 This to int second day's a; i annual genen i the association The mectk|M Lim Khye fo 1 i while other is jear will !r tbj ;Dr. A. WE. )fca Gould: hon »a Kean
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    DOUBLE FOR
    44 14 Singapore 5b beat the visiai rasian Assoc* to win the:. I match on tte» S.R.C. led A val and the:< Rozario and I The hockej 1 morning ran 15 minutes p!' light and V ditions fdW S.R.C. •> I I ture on S-tf
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    54 14 NEW YORK, Mon. The Unitec l S3» 4-1 victory over Mexico in thp American lawn tennis Davis Cup competition here J^l The United States, who qualified i°r£ European champions in the inter-zone s^ two remaining singles matches 3f«*w^j Hamilton Richardson beat Mar and Sam Giammalva beat
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